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Android Dictionary

The android app is more than just a dictionary: it is an extensive set of learning tools for
students of Egyptian Arabic. It contains:

a powerful search facility, so that you can find an English or Egyptian word even if you
are not sure how to spell it

a conventional dictionary, with English or Egyptian words in alphabetical order

a thesaurus, which lists words with similar or related meanings

a vocabulary learning tool to help you to learn and remember new words

a pronunciation tool to improve your pronunciation

a tool to help you to learn to read and write arabic

an introduction to Egyptian Arabic grammar

The dictionary is stored on your Android device, so you get an instant
response to queries. And, of course, you can use it for free, anywhere, even
if you have no network coverage.

There are recordings of all words and examples: your device can download the sounds
as required, or you can download all of the sounds for a language so that you get
instant playback, even when you don't have an internet connection

You can search for words in your own language using the android keyboard,
but if you are not familiar with the alphabet or the keyboard layout of the
other language, you can use the app keyboard. For arabic, the app keyboard can be
either in arabic writing or in european writing.

Using the search facility, you can type in a word (maybe with spelling mistakes) and
get a list of the words that are closest to the word that you entered. Initially, the app shows a minimum of
details for each word.

Touch a word entry to see the corresponding words in the other language as well..

Touch the word entry again to see all of the grammatical forms for the word
and an example sentence that uses the word.

Touch one of the buttons to hear somebody saying the word form or example.

The dictionary gives you a list of words in alphabetical order.

The thesaurus provides listings of words with similar meanings

Touch a word in a list view (search, dictionary or thesaurus) to see full
details for the word, its grammatical forms, several examples (if available) and some
words with similar spellings. You can swipe to see the next or previous word in the list
that you started from.

For verbs, you can also get a full listing of the perfect,
imperfect, bi-and ha-imperfect, imperative and participles.

Click on a syntax keyword (eg noun) to go directly to the corresponding
section of the Egyptian arabic grammar. The guide to Egyptian Arabic
grammar is built into the app.

You can add useful words
to your personal vocabulary list, then use the vocabulary learning tool
to help you to learn and revise them

You can browse through over 1,500 example sentences. If you touch a word in
the example or the translation, you will see full details of the word. The app also
highlights the corresponding word in the other language.

You can learn to read the arabic alphabet- in just ten days!

Then you can practice listening to, reading and writing arabic words until you
can do it perfectly

You can improve your arabic or english pronunciation: listen to words containing a group of
letters or a phoneme, then record yourself and compare with the correct pronunciation.

You can get the Android app free of charge from
Google Play, and then you will automatically be informed of updates.
If your device does not support Google Play, you can also download it using the
links in the table below and then follow these instructions:

Open Settings

Open Applications (Android V2.3) or Security (Android V4 or higher)

Check that Unknown sources is enabled

Use the link below to download to your phone

Within the browser, Press the Menu button

Select . . . More

Select Downloads

Click on EAD21_13.apk

Click on OK to install the application

Confirm that the app can use the microphone, access the internet,
and store files in your device